[python-ldap] Problems with using SASL and unicode

[Luminita Moruz]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the fast reply, it worked like a charm.

Luminita



On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Michael Ströder <michael at stroeder.com>wrote:

> Luminita Moruz wrote:
> > I am trying to use python-ldap with SASL. but I am not able to get SASL
> > working when the username or password contain special characters.
> > def main():
> > [..]
> >     u = u"user"
> >     p = u"pass"
> >     my_function(u.encode("utf-8"), p.encode("utf-8"))
> > [..]
> > {'info': '8009030C: LdapErr: DSID-0C0904F8, comment:
> AcceptSecurityContext
> > error, data 52e, v23f0', 'desc': 'Invalid credentials'} otherwise.
>
> This is buggy MS AD. Use .encode('iso-8859-1') with this crap
> (although the SASL handshake observed with Wireshark also mentions UTF-8).
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>
>
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